Look What I Found in My Garage: (Good) Beatles covers
Round four:
Ok so the George Harrison posting got me thinking about Beatle's covers. There are some great ones out there. Heresy you say??? True, there aren't any that improve on the originals but I offer these songs to you as the best Beatles covers I know...
Listen to these great Beatles covers:
She's Leaving Home Harry Nilsson recorded this version ten days after the release of Sgt. Pepper's. His debut record was supposedly loved by the band.
We Can Work it Out -- this (Little) Steve Wonder version is perhaps the best Beatles cover EVER!
Yesterday -- Ok this Marvin Gaye cover is much sexier than virtually anything the Bealtes ever recorded. This has to be considered one of the best too.
With a Little Help From My Friends Ok so this version by George Burns is terrible...but you can't hate on God can you???
Norweigan Wood -- I'm sure this will be controversial... but I prefer the PM Dawn version to the Cornershop version which you can hear here: Norweigan Wood
React: Tell me about your favorite Beatles cover in the comments!
posted by JT Griffith at
5:30 PM
6 Comments:
I'd have to say that my favorite Beatles cover ever is Bill Shatner's version of "Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds."
And i was pretty partial to the Damned's version of "Help!" back in the day.
oh - just found this:
http://www.ripthemusic.com/beatles%20covers.htm
Big Daddy's Buddy Hollyesque cover of Day in The Life is pretty funny...
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7-how-7, at 2:09 PM
I like the Bobby Darin medleys too...not sure if I'd put them in the "best of" but I like even the weird ones, aka Billy Shatner...
:-)
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JT, at 2:22 PM
Oh I'll post some more too...I have a reggae favorite...and Nina Simone has done a rad George Harrison cover (My Sweet Lord)
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JT, at 2:23 PM
oh my lands. Go STEVIE!
great cover! but then, when was stevie known to misfire...pre-1980s that is...
off the top of my head i would have to add joe cocker's 'with a little help' to the list. obvious but merited. more if i think of them...
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losanJ ryan, at 6:03 PM
gotta add the elliot smith cover of 'because' to the list.
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losanJ ryan, at 10:30 AM
YES! Elliott's version is incredble. No doubt.
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JT, at 5:58 PM
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